Singapore Airlines has announced new measures to support KrisFlyer and PPS Club members to renew their tier status for those with membership years expiring between March 2021 and February 2022. This will be achieved through a ‘Renewal Support Scheme’, whereby you’ll only have to earn half as many Elite Miles or PPS Value to retain your status.
Effectively the airline is halving the renewal threshold for accounts it has already extended by a year.
The airline has also developed ways for you to have some ground-based activity assist towards meeting the annual renewal goal, in view of the uncertainty over when global air travel restrictions will ease.
These ground-based transactions will help you accrue PPS Value or Elite miles between now and 15th October 2020, however be warned they’re not all very good value!
Renewal Support Scheme
The Renewal Support Scheme has been put in place for those with tier expiry cycles between March 2021 and February 2022.
“Today, all PPS Club and KrisFlyer Elite memberships are automatically extended by 12 months when they expire between March 2020 through to February 2021.
“For memberships that expire between March 2021 and February 2022, SIA will credit 50% of the PPS Value as Reserve Value or Elite miles required for renewal into the PPS Club and KrisFlyer Elite members’ accounts respectively. As a result, PPS Club and KrisFlyer Elite members need to accrue only half of the PPS Value or Elite miles required during the membership year to retain their statuses.”
Singapore Airlines
This programme will assist members achieve renewal of their status tiers by doing the following:
For KrisFlyer Elite members:
- Gifting 50% of the required Elite miles for requalification will to your KrisFlyer account based on your membership tier and tier renewal end-date as of 8th September 2020.
- You will only need to earn 50% of the usual Elite miles required to renew your current tier membership from March 2021 to February 2022.
For PPS Club members:
- Gifting 50% of the required PPS Value for requalification to your KrisFlyer account as Reserve Value based on your membership tier and tier renewal end-date as of 8th September 2020.
- You will only need to earn 50% of the usual PPS Value required to renew your current tier membership from March 2021 to February 2022.
The airline has also put in place a range of methods for you to earn status credits without flying between now and 15th October 2020, through ground-based activity including converting your credit card points into KrisFlyer miles, spending at the KrisShop and topping up your KrisPay account.